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* {{Ancilicious}}: Brennan’s dislike of wild animals as pets and of zoos in “The Tiger in the Tale”. Possibly AuthorAvatar as well since Emily Deschanel is a known animal rights advocate.


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* SomeAnvilsNeedToBe Dropped: Arastoo in “The Patriot in Purgatory” when he gives his WhatTheHellHero speech.
—->''Arastoo'' Crusades, the Inquisition, are these events guided by a religion of peace? No, they were guided by self-important men who think they know more than the God they claim to worship. This was not the work of religion. It was arrogance. It was hypocrisy. It was hate. Those horrible men who hijacked those planes hijacked my religion that day, too. They insulted my God. So, no, this isn't too difficult. It's a privilege to be able to serve this victim, to show him the care and love that was so absent that day."
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* ActorAllusion: Angela's middle name being Pearly Gates is one to [[Music/ZZTop Billy Gibbons]], who plays her father and who [[ICallItVera calls his guitar that]].
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* NamesTheSame: James Aubrey has the same name as a former CBS network president.
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* LifeImitatesArt: Several years after “The Graft In The Girl” a real life tissue harvesting ring came to light that had many similarities. Several people got cancer from tainted tissue and some died. And the ringleader got cancer and died from it just like on the show.

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* ActorAllusion: Towards Avatar, Angel and various other things other people did.
** The Vegas episode combines Boreanaz's role of Angel (who also spent time in Vegas) with a role Angel himself played as vampire stuck in the fifties, rat-pack style. Booth spikes his hair up, dons greaser clothes and suspenders, faking a Bronx accent outta ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''. Plus, there's a mention of Hyperion Hotel on the show (episode "The Girl with the Curl"); the Hyperion Hotel was a major setting for ''Angel''.
** Booth, like Angel before him, feels that he has to atone for the lives he's taken as a sniper. And they both play detective style roles.
** Booth is reading a ‘’ComicBook/GreenLantern’’ comic in the bathtub in “The Pain In The Heart.” Boreanaz did voice work in one of the franchise’s animated series.
** Joel Moore [[CelebrityParadox played a major character in]] {{Film/Avatar}}, and one episode has Fisher and his nerd pals camping outside for the premiere.
** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on Ray Buxley, the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds him "Creepy. He's like, "[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that Mr. Buxley is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?
* ActorSharedBackground: Pelant went to Stanford University and got a degree in Computer Science, just like his actor, Andrew Leeds.
* Both Arastoo And his actor Paj Vahdat are Persian Muslims though Paj isn’t Iranian born.

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* ActorAllusion: Towards Avatar, Angel and various other things other people did.
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** The Vegas episode combines Boreanaz's role of Angel (who also spent time in Vegas) with a role Angel himself played as vampire stuck in the fifties, rat-pack style. Booth spikes his hair up, dons greaser clothes and suspenders, faking a Bronx accent outta ''Theatre/GuysAndDolls''. Plus, there's a mention of Hyperion Hotel on the show (episode "The Girl with the Curl"); the Hyperion Hotel was a major setting for ''Angel''.
** Booth, like Angel before him, feels that he has to atone for the lives he's taken as a sniper. And they both play detective style roles.
** Booth is reading a ‘’ComicBook/GreenLantern’’ comic in the bathtub in “The Pain In The Heart.” Boreanaz did voice work in one of the franchise’s animated series.
** Joel Moore [[CelebrityParadox played a major character in]] {{Film/Avatar}}, and one episode has Fisher and his nerd pals camping outside for the premiere.
** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on Ray Buxley, the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds him "Creepy. He's like, "[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that Mr. Buxley is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?
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Pelant went to Stanford University and got a degree in Computer Science, just like his actor, Andrew Leeds.
* ** Both Arastoo And his actor Paj Vahdat are Persian Muslims though Paj isn’t Iranian born.



* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in Washington D.C., filmed in Los Angeles.
** [[http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ The Aquarium of the Pacific]] in Long Beach appears as "The Aquarium of the Atlantic".
** The Jeffersonian itself is often "played" by the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.
** Despite the name, "The Bones on the Blue Line" doesn't resemble the DC Metro in the slightest (barring an establishing shot of the distinctive DC Metro), and is actually the Earthquake subway set on the Universal Studios Backlot (part of the Universal Studio Tour).

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* CaliforniaDoubling: CaliforniaDoubling:
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Set in Washington D.C., filmed in Los Angeles.
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Angeles. [[http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ The Aquarium of the Pacific]] in Long Beach appears as "The Aquarium of the Atlantic".
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Atlantic", The Jeffersonian itself is often "played" by the Los Angeles Natural History Museum.
** Despite
Museum, and despite the name, "The Bones on the Blue Line" doesn't resemble the DC Metro in the slightest (barring an establishing shot of the distinctive DC Metro), and is actually the Earthquake subway set on the Universal Studios Backlot (part of the Universal Studio Tour).



*** One of Sweets' previous girlfriends, April (the fish girl in "The Man in the Mud"), was portrayed as only a few years older than Sweets. Creator/SentaMoses, who played April is ''twelve'' years older than Daley.

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*** ** One of Sweets' previous girlfriends, April (the fish girl in "The Man in the Mud"), was portrayed as only a few years older than Sweets. Creator/SentaMoses, who played April is ''twelve'' years older than Daley.



* GodDoesNotOwnThisWorld: Seasons 1-9 were handled by series creator Hart Hanson. For Season 10, Hanson stepped down and passed on his showrunner duties to Stephen Nathan, a good pal of his who'd been in the series since the beginning. Later, [[PromotedFanboy Michael Peterson]] and Jonathan Collier, two writers/producers who began working on the show in 2009 and 2012 respectively, took over as showrunners for Seasons 11 and 12.

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Seasons 1-9 were handled by series creator Hart Hanson. For Season 10, Hanson stepped down and passed on his showrunner duties to Stephen Nathan, a good pal of his who'd been in the series since the beginning. Later, [[PromotedFanboy Michael Peterson]] and Jonathan Collier, two writers/producers who began working on the show in 2009 and 2012 respectively, took over as showrunners for Seasons 11 and 12.

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** Aubrey's dad is played by John
Boyd's actual father, Guy Boyd.

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** Aubrey's dad is played by John
John Boyd's actual father, Guy Boyd.

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** Aubrey's dad is played by John Boyd's actual father, Guy Boyd.
** David Boreanaz's daughter Bella appeared as one of the kids in Christine's class in "The Movie in the Making”.His son and his wife both appeared briefly in "The Steel in the Wheels".

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* RealLifeRelative
** Aubrey's dad is played by John John
Boyd's actual father, Guy Boyd.
** David Boreanaz's daughter Bella appeared as one of the kids in Christine's class in "The Movie in the Making”.His son and his wife both appeared briefly in "The Steel in the Wheels". His father had a cameo as a newscaster in the series finale.
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** Michael Vincent Hodgins was played by three different actors over the seasons he was in. Two different kids were used in season 9 though they look similar enough to pull it off.
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* Both Arastoo And his actor Paj Vahdat are Persian Muslims though Paj isn’t Iranian born.
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* PortmanteauCoupleName: Hodgela (Jack/Angela),Swaisy(Sweets/Daisy) and Camastoo (Cam/Arastoo).
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* PortmanteauShipName: Hodgela (Jack/Angela),Swaisy(Sweets/Daisy) and Camastoo (Cam/Arastoo).

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* PortmanteauShipName: PortmanteauCoupleName: Hodgela (Jack/Angela),Swaisy(Sweets/Daisy) and Camastoo (Cam/Arastoo).
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* PortmanteauShipName: Hodgela (Jack/Angela),Swaisy(Sweets/Daisy) and Camastoo (Cam/Arastoo).
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** Booth is reading a ‘’ComicBook/GreenLantern’’ comic in the bathtub in “The Pain In The Heart.” Boreanaz did voice work in one of the franchise’s animated series.
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** David Boreanaz's daughter Bella appeared as one of the kids in Christine's class in "The Movie in the Making". His son and his wife both appeared briefly in "The Steel in the Wheels".
** Emily Deschanel's younger sister Zooey appeared as one of Brennan's distant relatives in "The Goop on the Girl". Her real-life husband, David Hornsby, appeared briefly as the Father at the beginning of "The Woman in White".

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** David Boreanaz's daughter Bella appeared as one of the kids in Christine's class in "The Movie in the Making". Making”.His son and his wife both appeared briefly in "The Steel in the Wheels".
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** Emily Deschanel's younger sister Zooey appeared as one of Brennan's distant relatives in "The Goop on the Girl". Her real-life husband, David Hornsby, appeared briefly as the Father at the beginning of "The Woman in White". Her son was one of the boys in Christine’s class with David’s daughter in “The Movie In The Making”.
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* OutOfOrder: Two instances, in Season 3. Both can (at least in part) be blamed on the 2010 [[TVStrikes WGA strike,]] which put a gap in that season and shortened it considerably.

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* OutOfOrder: Two instances, in Season 3. Both can (at least in part) be blamed on the 2010 [[TVStrikes [[UsefulNotes/TVStrikes WGA strike,]] which put a gap in that season and shortened it considerably.

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* CreatorCameo: Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose life and work inspired the show, shows up in ''Judas on a Pole'' as a professor on the panel quizzing Zack at the start of the episode.

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Kathy Reichs, the forensic anthropologist whose life and work inspired the show, shows up in ''Judas on a Pole'' as a professor on the panel quizzing Zack at the start of the episode.episode.
** The victim in "The Suit in the Set" is literally a combination of Hart Hanson and Stephen Nathan.
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** The 200th episode, season 10's "The 200th in the 10th", is an {{Elseworld}} with the characters living in ''1950s'' L.A.

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* FilmingLocationCameo: In the season 7 episode "The Suit on the Set", Booth and Brennan travel to L.A. to consult on the production of a film based on Brennan's latest book. Naturally, the film is being shot at Fox Studios. (Although the characters never explicitly say where they are. [[ProductPlacement They just let the coffee cups do the talking]].)

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* FilmingLocationCameo: FilmingLocationCameo:
** Season 1 episode "The Woman at the Airport", where Booth and Brennan travel to L.A. to investigate the death of a woman whose bones were scattered around Los Angeles International Airport.
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In the season 7 episode "The Suit on the Set", Booth and Brennan travel return to L.A. to consult on the production of a film based on Brennan's latest book. Naturally, the film is being shot at Fox Studios. (Although the characters never explicitly say where they are. [[ProductPlacement They just let the coffee cups do the talking]].)

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** Averted in "The Suit on the Set" -- shot on location at Fox Studios, although they never explicitly say where they are. [[ProductPlacement They just let the coffee cups do the talking]].


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* FilmingLocationCameo: In the season 7 episode "The Suit on the Set", Booth and Brennan travel to L.A. to consult on the production of a film based on Brennan's latest book. Naturally, the film is being shot at Fox Studios. (Although the characters never explicitly say where they are. [[ProductPlacement They just let the coffee cups do the talking]].)

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* CaliforniaDoubling: [[http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ The Aquarium of the Pacific]] in Long Beach is "The Aquarium of the Atlantic".

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* CaliforniaDoubling: Set in Washington D.C., filmed in Los Angeles.
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[[http://www.aquariumofpacific.org/ The Aquarium of the Pacific]] in Long Beach is appears as "The Aquarium of the Atlantic".
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* FanCommunityNickname: {{Fox}} recently started referring to fans of the show as Squinterns.

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* FanCommunityNickname: {{Fox}} recently started {{Creator/FOX}} began referring to fans of the show as Squinterns.
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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on Ray Buxley, the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds him "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that Mr. Buxley is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?

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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on Ray Buxley, the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds him "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet "[[Franchise/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that Mr. Buxley is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?
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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on Ray Buxley, the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds the custodian "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that Mr. Buxley is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?

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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on Ray Buxley, the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds the custodian him "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that Mr. Buxley is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?
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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds the custodian "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that the school custodian is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?

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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on Ray Buxley, the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds the custodian "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that the school custodian Mr. Buxley is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?
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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds the custodian "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, did I mention that the school custodian is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?

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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds the custodian "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, and did I mention that the school custodian is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?
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** In the episode "The Death of the Queen Bee", Sweets reads up on the custodian of Dr. Brennan's old high school, and how he was a suspect in the death of one of her classmates. Sweets then comments that he finds the custodian "Creepy. He's like, "[[Film/ANightmareOnElmStreet Freddy]]" creepy...". Oh, did I mention that the school custodian is played by Creator/RobertEnglund?

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* LongRunners: The series lasted 12 seasons from 2005 to 2017, 246 episodes in total.



* LongRunners: The series lasted 12 seasons from 2005 to 2017, 246 episodes in total.
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* LongRunners: The series lasted 12 seasons from 2005 to 2017, 246 episodes in total.
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** The writers' strike cut short Bones' third season, eliminating episodes that could have been used to give clues into the Gormogon case (and Zack's role in it). Instead, Zack's involvement came out of the blue in the season finale, leaving many fans angry.
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* OutOfOrder: Two instances, in Season 3.

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* OutOfOrder: Two instances, in Season 3. Both can (at least in part) be blamed on the 2010 [[TVStrikes WGA strike,]] which put a gap in that season and shortened it considerably.

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